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Haven't posted any finds for quite some time so it's about time.

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It's not that I haven't been out hunting I guess I just get lazy and prefer to read and look what others are hunting and to follow a few of the other guy's here on the forum. After having our out of town hunt this past Sept. and watching Eddie and his Pro Loop wreck havoc on us I took the hint and bought one for my EX-11 and have had it out four times now. Talk about impressive in the trash and I even have the small 4 x 7 excelerator which is good but I'm sold on the Pro Loop. I removed the my great, when I first got it, platypus coil and looks as if it is now in the closet on stand-by mode. I have never used the original coil that came with the EX-11 and probably won't. Anyway the first time out to really test the Pro was at a club hunt Oct. and managed to pull a couple of greenie wheat's, 1917 and a 1919 along with an 1897 Indian Head Cent in great condition and for this area that is a great find as everybody in the world has hunted here and probably every club in Wa. also. We are now in our rainy season and believe me it is coming down in buckets and flood warnings on all of the Western Wa. Rivers are in effect. Looking at the forecast showed that this past Wed. would probably be the best day of the week and it was. I scraped ice at 6:30 AM and departed for a 90 mile drive to an area with an old Park going back to the late 1890's and the original showcase of the town. This place has been hunted by all in the state also but has always been very good to me. I only get over to it about once or maybe twice a year. Left the house at 7 AM and was hunting after stopping for a McDonald's coffee about 9Am and the very first target amongst the pull tabs, bottle caps and loads of old deep wine caps was another Indian Head Cent, 1899. Then as everyone else says the big lull of great targets other than square nails and chunk change. Had a quick lunch and out again for another 3 hour's, my time frame to leave due to work traffic is 3PM, 2 hour drive home. Anyway first hits were upper center and showed about 6" or so and were both wheat's and another 1917 and 1918 in amongst the pull tabs by the thousands here. This place is wino and druggie heaven even with the cops patrolling and park workers here. The workers were blowing maple leafs and using large tractors, 3 of them with blowers on the front to run circles and blow the leaves up in the center or the area and then another tractor with a flat blade on the front would push them into a large pile. Talk about noise, as loud as a jet plane taking off. The headphones, Grey ghost helped but I still had to keep moving from one area to another. I was really getting desperate for a silver as it was getting about 1:30 PM and I was thinking Barber as I need one for my Scavenger List from out Club. Anyway I was working the bottom of a long sloping hill thinking this would be good for loose change from sliding on snow. I picked up several nice quarters and dimes before I finally got a deeper signal that read quarter. After two plugs it was in the dirt pile on my rag and I could see bright silver, it seemed extra bright to me. After picking it up it was almost from the mint until I noticed a small, very small but still there scratch. Here is my best ever SLQ and I put my signature on it. So I managed a few choice words but no one heard me except myself, instead of an AU-50 it is now just my neat SLQ. After a few more coins and another wheat it was time to head home. Book on a 1924-S is about $210 but this isn't about money is it? Actually it's only about fun outings and recreation on my part. If it was about the money I would get a job as a greeter at Wally World so I could still get time off to hunt. Sorry I got so carried away but I was actually reliving Wed. as I was typing this. Thanks for reading and looking at this long saga, sad part is I only have the one picture to show you. This summer I made my annual one month motor home trip East of the Mountains as we in Wa. call it and did exceptionally good where I metal detect. Found my first shield nickel along with seated dimes and numerous V's, Buff, Indians, Wheat's, and Trade Tokens. Even found my oldest coin a 1740 British Half Penny about a good 12" deep with the 15" WOT. That's another story for another time.HH to all John
 
It's a shame about he SLQ 1924-S. What happened? I gathered that you did it yourself? Correct me if I am wrong. Nice finds with the SLQ & IH, congrats.
 
Thanks King for the compliment, yes I put the scratch on the quarter much to my dismay. I find that after several hours of hunting with good targets few and far between I get sloppy in my retrieval efforts and this is the result. I have to learn to be more patient and consider all targets as keepers.
HH--John
 
Thanks Eddie, even with the small scratch it is still my best one ever and probably will be. To find one with a date is rare for me and this is only the 5th one.
Good luck in your field of dreams, John
 
the SLQ. You are 100% correct...it isn't about the money. It's a sweet one...and YOU found it.:thumbup: All the ones I find seem to have no date:thumbdown:
 
Thanks Ron, I just need to learn that all targets could be the big one and not get carried away or in a hurry with my digger.
 
Thanks Bryce, actually as you are aware the Rockies part was a joke as I find my share on this side including seated and others. It's just fun to get out and exciting to hear the beep of a good target. Gets the old heart pounding for me.
HH John
 
Seeing something like that in the dirt will get your blood pumping for a week straight, that's for sure! WTG with that find! I didn't see any marks on it unless it's on the reverse but hopefully it isn't too bad. Congrats on them Keepers and Good Luck and HH to you when you return to that spot. :detecting:
 
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Thanks James, this was only the second one with a good date that I've ever found. The scratch is not highly visible but is there on her right leg and is perpendicular so I went ahead and cleaned it. That way it doesn't show as bad. Seeing your finds and others sort of motivates the rest of us to get off our duffs and hit the good spots we have left to hunt even if it entails a long drive. Hope your weather holds for you to get out a few more times.
HH John
 
Sorry about the standing Liberty but it is still a very nice find. Sometimes things happen like that at least to me anyway. Good looking find.
 
Thanks Deeponedge and yes it is still a pretty good find. Actually I was sitting here this morning thinking about what I did and have decided to get a wood or plastic small scoop after digging the plug and loosening the dirt in the hole and remove it that way. I have always used the metal digger to remove and loosen the dirt in the hole. Might be time to rethink the process.
HH John
 
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